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Informationen zum Autor Alexis Weedon is Professor and Director of the Research Institute for Media Art and Design! University of Bedfordshire! UK Klappentext A collection that brings together published papers on key themes which book historians have identified as of particular significance in the history of twentieth-century publishing. It is suitable for publishing educators! editors! publishers! booksellers! as well as academics with an interest in media and popular culture. Zusammenfassung A collection that brings together published papers on key themes which book historians have identified as of particular significance in the history of twentieth-century publishing. It is suitable for publishing educators, editors, publishers, booksellers, as well as academics with an interest in media and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Part I Issues of Cultural Impact: The subtle inequalities of copyright! Philip G. Altbach; Publishing worlds: sectors within the industry! Lewis A. Coser; The cultural meaning of concentration in publishing! Elizabeth Long; From art to corporation: Harry N. Abrams! Inc.! and the cultural effects of merger! Linda E. Connors! Sara Lynn Henry and Jonathan W. Reader; The impact of television on the audience for national newspapers 1945-68! James Curran. Part II Literary Property: Geneva v. Saint Petersburg: 2 concepts of literary property and material lives of books in Under Western Eyes! Shafquat Towheed; Building a career: Joseph Conrad and Pinker! Mary Ann Gillies; 'Trust me. I'm an agent': the ever changing balance between author! agent and publisher! Eric de Bellaigue; Inventing F. David: author(ing) translation! Eva Hemmungs Wirtén. Part III War! Censorship and Post-Colonialism: The impact of war: British publishers and French publications 1940-1944! Valerie Holman; Censors and their readers: selling! silencing and reading Czech books! Jirina Å mejkalová; The politics of postcolonial publishing: Oxford University Press's 3 Crowns series 1962-76! Caroline Davis; Prizing otherness: a short history of the Booker! Graham Huggan. Part IV Marketing and Reading: Marx! Jane Eyre! Tarzan: miners' libraries in South Wales 1923-52! Jonathan Rose; Books and reading in the age of mass production: the Book of the Month Club! Janice Radway; Maintaining highbrow standards: B.W. Huebsch opens the door to modern literature! Catherine Turner; Crossovers! Claire Squires. Part V Bookselling and Design: Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer! Laura J. Miller; Designing John Hersey's The Wall: W.A. Dwiggins! George Salter and the challenges of American Holocaust memory! Robert Franciosi; Packaging the world's best books! Jay Satterfield. Part VI The Digital Book: Are we already beyond the book?! George P. Landow; Where is the value in pub ...
